Insights Review: MCG representatives recently attended Best Software’s annual Business Partner Conference, Insights. This year’s conference was the biggest ever (nearly 3,000 attendees!), packed with news about produce enhancements, future releases, channel developments, and more.

August 18 and September 15, 2004, 12:00pm : Best continues its monthly Customer for Life seminar series conducted via the Web!

August 25 and 26, 2004 : Visit MCG’s booth at the Georgia Society of CPAs annual Southeastern Accounting Show.

Be sure to sign-up for MCG Director Mike Augello's session titled "Growing the Business: Getting the Right Information"

Monday, September 6, 2004 : MCG closed for Labor Day Holiday.

This month the eNews is proud to launch a new feature – “Ask Charlie,” in which customers like you ask business-solution related questions of Charlie Kemmerer, MCG’s Vice-President of Front Office Solutions.

Got a question for Charlie? Let us know!  

Contact MCG for a price quote or more information about the Summer Promotions, valid through September 30, 2004. 

F9 4.5 Registration Changes

The Version 4.5 release of F9 was included in the MAS 90 and MAS 200 4.0 autoship for all customers who previously owned F9. As part of the new registration system incorporated in the 4.5 release, Lasata Software (owners of F9) no longer allow customers to install a single-user unlock key on multiple machines. Customers must purchase the F9 Multi-User version.

From www.salesandmarketing.com, IT spending trends are up.
More companies are boosting their IT budgets leading Forrester Research to boost its forecast for the industry. For 2004, look for IT spending to rise 2.4 percent more than last year.

The MAS 90 and MAS 200 Version 4.0 is the most significant release to these products since the move to Windows. Reap all the benefits of the new features in this release by attending the NEW one-day “4.0 Workshop for MAS 90 and MAS 200 Customers,” offered at MCG on August 23 and September 16.

Welcome new customers!    J. Patton Sports, Geneva Foods, Integrasys, National Conference of Black Mayors.

We’re happy to report that 93% of MCG customers surveyed by Best Software during 2003 ranked their overall satisfaction with MCG a 6 or higher on a scale of 1-10.